scholarly journals Increased Drying Rate Lowers the Critical Water Content for Survival in Embryonic Axes of English Oak (Quercus robur L.) SeedsF

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias M. Ntuli ◽  
William E. Finch-Savage ◽  
Patricia Berjak ◽  
Norman W. Pammenter
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Quercus Robur ◽  
Drying Rate ◽  
Embryonic Axes ◽  
English Oak ◽  
Critical Water Content

scholarly journals Pengaruh Suhu Operasi terhadap Penentuan Karakteristik Pengeringan Busa Sari Buah Tomat Menggunakan Tray Dryer

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Tri Hariyadi
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Drying Rate ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Foaming Agent ◽  
Foam Stabilizer ◽  
Tomato Paste ◽  
Critical Water Content

A B S T R A C TFood damage can be caused by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The causes of intrinsic factors involve water activity (aw) and moisture content, the level of maturity and the nature of the food material itself. Meanwhile, the causes of extrinsic factors were the air composition, temperature, pressure, population and microbial contamination.  Drying is one of the most widely used preservative methods, namely by evaporating most of the water contained in food by heat energy. This work studied the effect of operating conditions on the characteristics of tomato drying using tray dryer with the addition of foaming agent albumin and carrier agent dextrin which function as foam stabilizer. Tomatoes used as raw materials were ripe tomatoes, fresh red, and the same relative diameter, not physiologically and mechanically damaged. In this work, tomatoes were sliced, crushed for 10 minutes using blender, separated from the seeds and the residues with a 60-mesh sieve, and then mixed with dextrin and foaming agent albumin each as much as 5% weight. The mixture was blended for 10 minutes. The tray dryer was filled with hot air at 2.0 m/sec with temperature variation of 40, 50, 60 or 70°C. The stainless-steel dish containing tomato paste with thickness of 2 mm or 4 mm was inserted to the dryer. The tomato paste was weighted every 5 minutes. It is found, at a thickness of 2 mm, the optimum drying occurred at a temperature of 70 ℃ with critical time, tc, for 0.92 hours, critical water content of the sample, Xc, 1.40 %, and constant drying rate, Rc, 897.12 kg/m2.hour. In drying operations of 4 mm thickness, optimum drying occurs at 50 ℃ temperature with critical time, tc, for 1.92 hours, critical water content of sample, Xc, 2.56 %, and constant drying rate, Rc, 175.52 kg/m2.hour.Keywords: cake thickness, drying rate, foaming agent, tomato, tray dryer.A B S T R A KTerjadinya kerusakan bahan pangan dapat disebabkan oleh faktor intrinsik dan ekstrinsik. Penyebab faktor intrinsik di antaranya aktivitas air (aw) dan kadar air, tingkat kematangan dan sifat bahan pangan itu sendiri. Sedangkan penyebab dari faktor ekstrinsik seperti komposisi udara, suhu, tekanan, populasi dan tingkat kontaminasi mikrobia. Pengeringan merupakan salah satu metode pengawetan yang paling banyak digunakan, yaitu dengan cara menguapkan sebagian besar air yang terkandung di dalam bahan pangan dengan menggunakan energi panas. Penelitian ini mempelajari karakteristik pengeringan busa sari buah tomat menggunakan tray dryer dengan penambahan foaming agent albumin dan carrier agent dextrin yang berfungsi sebagai foam stabilizer. Tomat yang digunakan sebagai bahan baku adalah tomat matang, merah segar, diameter relatif sama, tidak rusak secara fisiologis dan mekanis. Di dalam penelitian ini, tomat diiris dan dihaluskan menggunakan blender selama 10 menit. Biji dan ampasnya dipisahkan dari bubur tomat dengan ayakan berukuran 60 mesh. Kemudian bubur tomat dicampurkan dextrin dan foaming agent albumin masing-masing sebanyak 5% berat. Campuran tersebut dihaluskan dengan blender selama 10 menit. Tray dryer dialiri udara panas dengan laju 2,0 m/detik dengan variasi temperatur 40, 50, 60 atau 70 oC. Loyang stainless steel yang berisi bubur tomat dengan ketebalan 2 mm atau 4 mm dimasukkan ke dalam tray dryer. Berat bubur tomat diukur setiap 5 menit. Hasil yang diperoleh, pada ketebalan 2 mm, pengeringan optimum terjadi pada temperatur 70 ℃ dengan waktu kritis, tc, selama 0,92 jam, kadar air kritis sampel, Xc, 1,40 %, dan laju pengeringan konstan, Rc, 897,12 kg/m2.jam. Pada operasi pengeringan dengan ketebalan 4 mm, pengeringan optimum terjadi pada temperatur 50 ℃ dengan waktu kritis, tc, selama 1,92 jam, kadar air kritis sampel, Xc, 2,56 %, dan laju pengeringan konstan, Rc, 175,52 kg/m2.jam.Kata kunci: foaming agent, ketebalan bubur, laju pengeringan, tomat, tray dryer.

scholarly journals Effects of different drying rates on the physiological quality of Coffea canephora Pierre seeds

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sttela Dellyzete Veiga Franco da Rosa ◽  
Delacyr da Silva Brandão Júnior ◽  
Édila Vilela de Resende Von Pinho ◽  
André Delly Veiga ◽  
Luiz Hildebrando de Castro e Silva
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Coffea Canephora ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Seed Vigor ◽  
Drying Rate ◽  
Physiological Quality ◽  
Drying Rates

Desiccation tolerance in seeds depends on the species, development stage and drying conditions, especially the water removal rate. Coffea seeds are considered of intermediate performance, because they tolerate relative dehydration compared to orthodox seeds and are sensitive to low temperatures. The objective of this study was to verify the effect of different drying rates on the viability and storability of Coffea canephora seeds. A complete randomized experimental design was used, in a factorial 3 x 5 x 2 design, with three drying rates (fast, intermediate and slow), five final mean water contents after drying (51, 42, 33, 22 and 15 %) and two storage temperatures (10 and 20°C). The germination and seed vigor assessments, using radicle protrusion, cotyledon leaf opening, seedling emergence and emergence speed index, were performed shortly after drying and after two and four months storage. It was observed that with reduction in the water content there was reduction in the germination values and seed vigor, for all the drying rates. The greatest reductions in physiological quality occurred when the seeds were dried quickly and the best results were obtained at the intermediate drying rate. There was an effect of drying rate and storage temperature on the physiological quality of the seeds, and lower germination and vigor values were observed in seeds with lower water content stored at 20°C. C. canephora seeds were tolerant to desiccation down to 15 % water content and can be stored for four months at 10°C. A temperature of 20ºC can be used to store C. canephora seeds, as long as the water content is not reduced to values below 22 % water content.

Effects of differential drying rates on viability retention of recalcitrant seeds of Ekebergia capensis

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. W. Pammenter ◽  
Valerie Greggains ◽  
J. I. Kioko ◽  
J. Wesley-Smith ◽  
Patricia Berjak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Exponential Function ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Drying Rate ◽  
Recalcitrant Seeds ◽  
Tissue Water ◽  
Initial Water ◽  
Viability Loss ◽  
Drying Rates ◽  
Water Contents

AbstractThe drying rate of whole seeds of Ekebergia capensis (Meliaceae) was shown to influence the response to desiccation, with rapidly dried seeds surviving to lower water contents. Short-term rapid drying (to water contents higher than those leading to viability loss) actually increased the rate of germination. The form of the time course of decline of axis water content varied with drying rate; slow drying could be described by an exponential function, whereas with rapid drying initial water loss was faster than predicted by an exponential function. These observations suggest that slow drying brought about homogeneous dehydration and that the rapid drying was uneven across the tissue. This raised the possibility that the different responses to dehydration were a function of different distributions of water in the axis tissue under the two drying regimes. However, ultrastructural observations indicated that different deleterious processes may be occurring under the different drying treatments. It was tentatively concluded that a major cause of viability loss in slowly dried material was likely to be a consequence of aqueous-based processes leading to considerable membrane degradation. Uneven distribution of tissue water could not be rejected as a contributory cause of the survival of rapidly dried seeds to low bulk water contents. The differential response to dehydration at different drying rates implies that it is not possible to determine a ‘critical water content’ for viability loss by recalcitrant seeds.

scholarly journals Standardisasi Parameter Spesifik dan Non Spesifik Ekstrak Etanol Buah Asam Gelugur (GarciniaAatroviridis Griff.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Galih Samodra
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Ethanol Extract ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Drying Rate ◽  
Reduce Body Weight ◽  
Specific Parameter

Acid gelugur fruit (Garcinia atroviridis) is one of the Garcinia families that has long been used as traditional medicine. Gelugur acid has been widely used as a cooking spice by Malay people, but it also has the ability to reduce cholesterol. Besides that, it has antioxidant properties and can reduce body weight and cholesterol. The purpose of this study was to establish specific parameter standards and non-specific parameters from the ethanol extract of acid gelugur fruit. The extract was obtained by maceration method using 70% ethanol with a rendament of 37.15%. Specific parameters include observations of organoleptic extracts of tamarind fruit showed, dark brown, distinctive smelling, and sour. Contains several sekendur metabolites such as flavonoids and saponins. The level of the compound that is soluble in water is 3.6%, while the content of the compound dissolved in ethanol is 3.9%. Total ash content of 2.99%. Non-specific parameters include acid insoluble ash content of 1.03%. The drying rate of geluguric acid simplicia was 7.20%. Water content of sour fruit gelugur extract was 13%.  

Desiccation sensitivity and activities of free radical-scavenging enzymes in recalcitrant Theobroma cacao seeds

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changrun Li ◽  
Wendell Q. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Theobroma Cacao ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Free Radical Scavenging ◽  
Desiccation Sensitivity ◽  
Critical Water Content ◽  
Scavenging Enzymes ◽  
Water Contents

AbstractMature and immature axes of Theobroma cacao (cocoa) seeds tolerated desiccation under a rapid-drying regime to critical water contents of 1.0 and 1.7 g g-1 dw, respectively. These critical water contents corresponded to water contents below which activities of free radical-scavenging enzymes (ascorbate peroxidase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase) decreased rapidly during desiccation. The decline in axis viability below the critical water content was correlated with sharp increases in lipid peroxidation and cellular leakage. Cotyledon tissues were more desiccation-tolerant than axes, with a low critical water content of 0.24 g g–1dw. Desiccation sensitivity in cotyledon tissues was also correlated with the decrease in superoxide dismutase activity and increased lipid peroxidation products. However, in the cotyledons, no ascorbate peroxidase activity was detected at any water content, and peroxidase activity was gradually reduced as desiccation proceeded. Cocoa embryonic axes contained large amounts of sucrose, raffinose and stachyose but only traces of reducing monosaccharides. Desiccation sensitivity of recalcitrant cocoa axes did not appear to be due to the lack of sugar-related protective mechanisms during desiccation, and it was more likely related to the decrease of enzymic protection against desiccation-induced oxidative stresses.

Study on the Vacuum Drying Model of Perilla Leaf by Microwave Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 664 ◽  
pp. 433-436
Author(s):  
Jiang Chang ◽  
Feng Xu ◽  
Guang Hua Wu ◽  
Xiao Feng Fu ◽  
Guang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Kinetics Model ◽  
Vacuum Drying ◽  
Drying Rate ◽  
Microwave Method ◽  
Drying Process ◽  
Leaf Production ◽  
Microwave Vacuum Drying ◽  
Drying Model

The drying rate is difficult to control for perilla leaf during the microwave vacuum drying process. Through scientific approaches, this paper made a research on the relationships between drying factors and drying rate, and established a kinetics model on microwave vacuum drying of perilla leaf. The model can predict the water content variations of perilla leaf during microwave vacuum drying, and provides a theory basis for packaging, storage and transportation for perilla leaf production.

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